[b] What programs can cause this problem?[/b] Programs which eat lots of your computer's memory, as stated above "Adobe Photoshop" and the likes. You can check the Task Manager if you want to see the size of memory being chewed up [b]Why do I get this message?[/b] Well basically, the virtual memory is the space your computer uses when it runs short of RAM memory. The paging file is the place where Windows handles your virtual memory settings. If your computer wants to change it, you should go ahead and let it because XP will adjust the setting to meet the current memory needs. It's not really good to change these settings manually as Windows can manage the size much more efficiently than the user can. Making your virtual memory setting larger will increase the number of addresses and will make Windows lazy. But if you want, you can still increase the size of the paging file. [b] How do I do that?[/b] (Well, I believe you lot are still using XP) 1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. 2. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab. 3. In the Performance pane, click Settings. 4. In the Performance Options dialog box, click the Advanced tab. 5. In the Virtual memory pane, click Change. 6. Change the Initial size value and the Maximum size value to a higher value, click Set, and then click OK. 7. Click OK to close the Performance Options dialog box, and then click OK to close the System Properties dialog box. [b] This thing didn't work for me. [/b] Well adding more RAM may also be of benefit as this will reduce the need for virtual memory to be used in the first place. For running Windows XP, I suggest at least 512MB. In general, adding more RAM is the most cost effective means of boosting a computer's performance. [b] Not effective enough?[/b] Google it.

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